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AUGUSTAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
I. Introduction: Style as a metaphor and evolution of Augustan Classicism.
II. Portraits of Augustus
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- early portraits
- Augustus as priest
- Augustus wearing corona civica
- *Augustus Primaporta*
- precedents: the Doryphoros of Polykleitos
- iconography of the cuirass (breastplate)
I II. Ara Pacis Augustae:
Altar of Augustan Peace
- plan of the altar
- precedents: Panathenaic procession on the Parthenon
- the sculpture:
(a) procession showing the inauguratio
(b) mythological panels
- Tellus/Italia/Venus panel
- Roma
- Lupercal panel (Romulus and Remus)
- Aeneas sacrificing
IV. Augustan Architecture
A. City Planning
B. Forum Augusti (The Forum of Augustus)
C. Temple of Apollo Palatinus and House of Augustus
D. Campus Martius and Augustus Mausoleum/Solarium
NAMES, TERMS AND PLACES:
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Places
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Names
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Terms
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Athens
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Agrippa
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Classical Art
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Acropolis
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Livia
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Hellenistic Art
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Pergamon
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Phidias
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saeculum aureum
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Campus Martius
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Parthia
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labor (toil, effort)
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